Apple pausing sales of its Series 9 watch lineup.

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https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/18/apple-halting-apple-watch-series-9-and-apple-watch-ultra-2-sales/

undertone · Accepted Answer

Apple's playing dirty here. They sat down with Masimo, chatting about teaming up, but turns out they had this sneaky plan, Project Everest, to grab Masimo's tech without paying. They even poached 20 of Masimo's team, doubling their paychecks to bring them over immediately. They gave a $4M offer to Masimo's CTO, who immediately files 12 patents upong joining Apple, almost certainly based on Masimo's secrets.

Despite all that, Apple's version falls flat and doesn't even have FDA approval. Joe Kiani, Masimo's CEO and an immigrant engineer, is in full-on battle mode. He's thrown over $60M fighting Apple, and in vengeance and it seems like he's actually starting to win. Most companies would've backed down but it seems like its gotten much more personal.

refer61614 · Answer

Insane that the decision is going all the way up to be reviewed by the president. But also that the president should be the one to decide. Feels like there could be some conflict of interest there. I would have expected this to stay on the Judiciary side of things.

raisinbran · Answer

I originally thought there's something political going on here, but it's just two corporations embroiled in a glorified patent lawsuit. Masimo seems to have won their case for patent infringement and so Apple has been forced to halt all products with the blood oxygen sensor. How long before a new Apple Watch with this development?

Apple pausing sales of its Series 9 watch lineup.

Apple halting Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales: Here's why - 9to5Mac

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